Stéphanie Dubois

Stéphanie Dubois (born October 31, 1986) is a former tennis player from Canada. She turned professional in 2004 and achieved a career-best ranking of world No. 87 in January 2012.

Stéphanie Dubois

Stéphanie Dubois at the 2011 Citi Open
Country (sports)	Canada
Residence	London, England[1]
Born	(1986-10-31) October 31, 1986 (age 38) Laval, Québec
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Turned pro	2004
Retired	September 8, 2014
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$902,867
Singles
Career record	347–264
Career titles	10 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 87 (January 30, 2012)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2012)
French Open	1R (2008, 2010, 2012)
Wimbledon	2R (2011)
US Open	2R (2009)
Doubles
Career record	113–112
Career titles	8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 102 (September 22, 2008)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	Q1 (2009)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2012)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	23–10

Dubois was awarded Female Player of the Year by Tennis Canada two times (2005, 2007). She retired after the tournoi de Québec in September 2014.^[2]

Tennis career

2004–07

Dubois made her first appearance in July 2004 in the Fed Cup World Group play-offs against Switzerland. She reached her first WTA quarterfinal at the 2005 Challenge Bell in Quebec City. At the 2006 Rogers Cup, she scored the biggest win of her career when she defeated Kim Clijsters (who retired from the match), to reach the third round. In 2007, Dubois and Renata Voráčová reached the Challenge Bell final but lost to Christina Fusano and Raquel Kops-Jones in straight sets.

2008–10

In 2008, she got in the main draw of the Australian Open and the French Open, participating in a first in the latter, where two Quebec native players were in the main draw by their own ranking for the first time. Also in 2008, Dubois had three match points against eighth seed Anna Chakvetadze in the first round of Wimbledon but lost with a score of 6–8 in the final set. She also reached the third round of the 2008 Rogers Cup for the second time of her career with a victory over world No. 20, Maria Kirilenko.^[3] In 2009, Dubois won the $75k Vancouver Open by beating the top seed Sania Mirza in three sets. Also in 2009, she defeated Kristina Mladenovic in the first round of the US Open, her first major main-draw win, before losing to Sorana Cîrstea in the second round.^[4]

2011–14

Dubois reached the second round at Wimbledon in 2011 where she lost to world No. 11, Andrea Petkovic, in three sets. She reached at the end of July the second WTA Tour quarterfinal of her career at the Washington Open in College Park, but lost to Tamira Paszek in a match that lasted almost four hours. In January 2012, Dubois won her first-round match at the Australian Open for the first time, with a win over Elena Vesnina. She lost in the second round to 30th seed Angelique Kerber. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she teamed with Aleksandra Wozniak to represent Canada in the women's doubles; they lost in the opening round.^[5]

In September 2014, Dubois retired from tennis after losing in the first round of the Tournoi de Québec.^[2]

Life after tennis

In the spring of 2015, Dubois studied in communication at Promédia. She married Briton Oliver Sheath in July 2015 and gave birth to their daughter Alicia in April 2017 and Annabelle later. Dubois lives in Kent and works as a tennis analyst for the WTA. She also has a level-3 coach certification from the LTA.^[1]

WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Legend Grand Slam Tier I Tier II Tier III, IV & V (0–1)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Grass (0–0) Clay (0–0) Carpet (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2007	Tournoi de Québec, Canada	Tier III	Carpet (i)	Renata Voráčová	Christina Fusano Raquel Kops-Jones	2–6, 6–7(6–8)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 23 (10–13)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments (1–1)
$50,000 tournaments (3–8)
$25,000 tournaments (6–3)
$10,000 tournaments (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2004	ITF Hamilton, Canada	25,000	Clay	Alexa Glatch	6–1, 7–5
Loss	1–1	Jun 2004	ITF Mont-Tremblant, Canada	10,000	Clay	Soledad Esperón	3–6, 4–6
Loss	1–2	Sep 2004	Coleman Championships, United States	75,000	Hard	Marissa Irvin	1–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss	1–3	Nov 2004	ITF Tucson, United States	50,000	Hard	Jamea Jackson	6–7(5), 5–7
Win	2–3	Feb 2005	ITF Rockford, United States	25,000	Hard (i)	Hana Šromová	6–1, 6–2
Loss	2–4	Jul 2005	Fifth Third Bank Championships, United States	50,000	Hard	Natalie Grandin	4–6, 3–6
Win	3–4	Feb 2006	ITF Rockford, United States	25,000	Hard (i)	Anda Perianu	7–6(4), 6–3
Loss	3–5	Apr 2006	ITF Jackson, United States	25,000	Clay	Vasilisa Bardina	6–4, 2–6, 0–6
Win	4–5	Nov 2006	ITF Lawrenceville, United States	50,000	Hard	Julie Ditty	6–3, 7–6(6)
Win	5–5	Jul 2007	ITF Hamilton, Canada	25,000	Clay	Sharon Fichman	6–2, 6–2
Win	6–5	Jul 2007	Lexington Challenger, United States	50,000	Hard	Anne Keothavong	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss	6–6	Aug 2007	Vancouver Open, Canada	50,000	Hard	Anne Keothavong	5–7, 1–6
Loss	6–7	Oct 2007	Classic of Troy, United States	50,000	Hard	Maret Ani	6–3, 4–6, 2–6
Loss	6–8	Nov 2007	ITF La Quinta, United States	50,000	Hard	Ashley Harkleroad	3–6, 6–7(6)
Loss	6–9	Oct 2008	Tevlin Challenger, Canada	50,000	Hard (i)	Alexa Glatch	4–6, 3–6
Loss	6–10	Jul 2009	ITF Grapevine, United States	50,000	Hard	Valérie Tétreault	6–2, 6–7(6), 6–7(1)
Win	7–10	Aug 2009	Vancouver Open, Canada	75,000	Hard	Sania Mirza	1–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	7–11	Jul 2010	Lexington Challenger, United States	50,000	Hard	Kurumi Nara	4–6, 4–6
Win	8–11	May 2011	Boyd Tinsley Classic, United States	50,000	Clay	Michelle Larcher de Brito	1–6, 7–6(5), 6–1
Win	9–11	Jul 2011	Challenger de Granby, Canada	25,000	Hard	Zhang Ling	6–2, 2–6, 6–1
Loss	9–12	Jul 2012	Challenger de Granby, Canada	25,000	Hard	Eugenie Bouchard	2–6, 2–5 ret.
Win	10–12	Oct 2012	Classic of Troy, United States	25,000	Hard	Sharon Fichman	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss	10–13	Oct 2012	ITF Florence, United States	25,000	Hard	Mariana Duque Mariño	6–4, 2–6, 1–6

Doubles: 17 (8–9)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments (2–4)
$50,000 tournaments (3–3)
$25,000 tournaments (3–2)
$10,000 tournaments

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 2004	ITF Jackson, United States	25,000	Clay	Alisa Kleybanova	Cory Ann Avants Kristen Schlukebir	6–2, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Sep 2004	Coleman Championships, United States	75,000	Hard	María Emilia Salerni	Maureen Drake Carly Gullickson	3–6, 6–7(6)
Win	2–1	Mar 2005	ITF Redding, United States	25,000	Hard	Yulia Beygelzimer	Leanne Baker Francesca Lubiani	6–4, 6–7(1), 6–3
Loss	2–2	May 2005	ITF Raleigh, United States	75,000	Clay	Maria Fernanda Alves	Ashley Harkleroad Lindsay Lee-Waters	2–6, 6–0, 3–6
Loss	2–3	Mar 2006	ITF Orange, United States	50,000	Hard	Lilia Osterloh	Kateryna Bondarenko Alona Bondarenko	2–6, 4–6
Win	3–3	Nov 2006	ITF Pittsburgh, United States	75,000	Hard (i)	Alisa Kleybanova	Ashley Harkleroad Galina Voskoboeva	6–4, 5–7, 6–1
Loss	3–4	Feb 2007	Dow Tennis Classic, United States	75,000	Hard (i)	Maureen Drake	Laura Granville Abigail Spears	4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	3–5	Jul 2007	ITF Southlake, United States	25,000	Hard	Valérie Tétreault	Surina De Beer Kim Grant	6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Win	4–5	Jul 2007	ITF Hamilton, Canada	25,000	Clay	Surina De Beer	Michaela Johansson Paula Zabala	w/o
Win	5–5	Aug 2007	Vancouver Open, Canada	50,000	Hard	Marie-Ève Pelletier	Soledad Esperón Agustina Lepore	6–4, 6–4
Win	6–5	Oct 2007	ITF Lawrenceville, United States	50,000	Hard	Alisa Kleybanova	Leanne Baker Julie Ditty	6–2, 6–0
Win	7–5	Nov 2007	ITF Pittsburgh, United States	75,000	Hard (i)	Alisa Kleybanova	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	6–4, 4–6, [10–6]
Loss	7–6	Apr 2008	Hardee's Pro Classic, United States	75,000	Clay	Maria Fernanda Alves	Tetiana Luzhanska Michaela Paštiková	1–6, 3–6
Win	8–6	Oct 2008	Tevlin Challenger, Canada	50,000	Hard (i)	Marie-Ève Pelletier	Nikola Fraňková Carmen Klaschka	6–4, 6–2
Loss	8–7	Sep 2009	Challenger de Saguenay, Canada	50,000	Hard (i)	Rebecca Marino	Sofia Arvidsson Séverine Brémond Beltrame	3–6, 1–6
Loss	8–8	Apr 2013	ITF Poza Rica, Mexico	25,000	Hard	Olga Savchuk	María Fernanda Álvarez Terán Maria Fernanda Alves	2–6, 3–6
Loss	8–9	May 2013	Open Saint-Gaudens, France	50,000	Clay	Kurumi Nara	Julia Glushko Paula Ormaechea	5–7, 6–7(11)

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Tournament	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	SR	W–L	Win %
Australian Open	Q1	A	Q1	1R	1R	1R	Q3	2R	Q3	Q3	0 / 4	1–4	20%
French Open	Q1	Q1	Q2	1R	Q2	1R	Q3	1R	Q2	A	0 / 3	0–3	0%
Wimbledon	Q1	Q1	Q1	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	Q1	A	0 / 5	1–5	17%
US Open	Q2	1R	Q3	Q2	2R	Q3	Q3	Q2	Q2	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Win–loss	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–3	1–3	0–3	1–1	1–3	0–0	0–0	0 / 14	3–14	18%

Record against top-50 players

Dubois' win–loss record (8–32, 20%) against players who were ranked world No. 50 or higher when played is as follows:^[6]
Players who have been ranked world No. 1 are in boldface.

• Olga Govortsova 3–0^{[nb 1]}
• Kim Clijsters 1–0
• Carla Suárez Navarro 1–0
• Květa Peschke 1–0
• Maria Kirilenko 1–1
• Ai Sugiyama 1–2
• Victoria Azarenka 0–1^{[nb 2]}
• Jelena Janković 0–1
• Venus Williams 0–1
• Nadia Petrova 0–1
• Anna Chakvetadze 0–1
• Angelique Kerber 0–1^{[nb 3]}
• Andrea Petkovic 0–1^{[nb 4]}
• Nathalie Dechy 0–1
• Shahar Pe'er 0–1^{[nb 5]}
• Roberta Vinci 0–1^{[nb 6]}
• Ágnes Szávay 0–1^{[nb 7]}
• Zheng Jie 0–1
• Tamarine Tanasugarn 0–1^{[nb 8]}
• Virginie Razzano 0–1
• Lucie Šafářová 0–1^{[nb 9]}
• Sybille Bammer 0–1
• Klára Zakopalová 0–1^{[nb 10]}
• Sorana Cîrstea 0–1
• Tamira Paszek 0–1^{[nb 11]}
• Bethanie Mattek-Sands 0–1
• Tsvetana Pironkova 0–1^{[nb 12]}
• Julia Vakulenko 0–1^{[nb 13]}
• Chanelle Scheepers 0–1^{[nb 14]}
• Rebecca Marino 0–1^{[nb 15]}
• Pauline Parmentier 0–1^{[nb 16]}
• Sara Errani 0–2
• Katarina Srebotnik 0–2

Awards

• 2005 – Tennis Canada female player of the year
• 2007 – Tennis Canada female player of the year

Notes

1. Has a 4–1 overall record vs. Govortsova
2. Has a 0–2 overall record vs. Azarenka
3. Has a 0–2 overall record vs. Kerber
4. Has a 1–1 overall record vs. Petkovic
5. Has a 0–3 overall record vs. Pe'er
6. Has a 0–2 overall record vs. Vinci
7. Has a 0–2 overall record vs. Szávay
8. Has a 0–2 overall record vs. Tanasugarn
9. Has a 1–1 overall record vs. Šafářová
10. Has a 0–2 overall record vs. Zakopalová
11. Has a 0–2 overall record vs. Paszek
12. Has a 0–5 overall record vs. Pironkova
13. Has a 1–1 overall record vs. Vakulenko
14. Has a 1–1 overall record vs. Scheepers
15. Has a 1–3 overall record vs. Marino
16. Has a 0–2 overall record vs. Parmentier